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Eirini Nikolaou – International Journal of Music Education, 2024
This study focuses on exploring pre-service primary general teacher students' (N = 40) reflections on the opportunities they were given to awake their creativity, by participating systematically (13 weeks) in music improvisation activities, in the context of the course Music Education in a university classroom of a Greek Department of Primary…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Creative Activities, Elementary School Teachers
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Kim Maslin; Karen Murcia; Susan Blackley – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
Understanding how children demonstrate creativity assists educators in designing learning experiences that foster this key competency. Frameworks such as the "A-E of Children's Creativity" assist in the analysis of children's creativity, presenting their creative thinking characteristics as five connected processes: agency, being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1
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Massie, DeAnna – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
This study explored how participating in a faculty development course based on improvisational theatre affects college instructors' ability to increase student engagement and learning. Theoretical foundations included engagement, active learning, collaboration and social interaction, the art of improvisational theater, and the practice of applied…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Creative Activities
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Valls, Rebecca; Black, Carolyn; Lee, Mimi Miyoung – Research in Dance Education, 2019
What can we learn from K-5 science teachers who have integrated science and creative dance for a five-year period? In this paper, the preliminary findings of the qualitative research conducted by a constructivist elementary charter school principal, a university dance professor, and an educational researcher is presented.This research highlights…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Science Education, Elementary School Teachers, Constructivism (Learning)
Israel, Elfie – 1995
A practicum was designed to help high school students become more creative by encouraging them to be audacious, divergent thinkers capable of entertaining several contradictory ideas simultaneously. Tolerating paradox and ambiguity are vital components in developing creativity. These goals were achieved by developing a nurturing, caring, accepting…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Creative Activities, Creative Development
Cifuentes, Lauren; Murphy, Karen L. – 1999
This case study reports on collaborative activities among four fourth grade teachers and their students over a year and explores the effectiveness of distance learning for international team teaching. Two classes in Mexico City conducted school activities with two classes in College Station (Texas). Researchers examined: school activities that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Programs